Software for dish alignment

[TRG]

I recently picked up a TBS5980 tuner for my Myth TV set-up. I've been thinking that I can also use it along with a laptop to align my dishes. My preferred operating system is Linux but one of my laptops is dual boot with windows. I know that Kaffeine has signal and quality meters but I'd like something more accurate like S/N ratio. Any recommendations?

 

[bpalone]

Check out UpDateLee's stuff. You have to compile a custom kernel, which is not hard to do if you follow the instructions. There are links to everything over at rick's. Think it may be what you want. I think everything he has done works on the 5980.

 

[primestar31]

I recently picked up a TBS5980 tuner for my Myth TV set-up. I've been thinking that I can also use it along with a laptop to align my dishes. My preferred operating system is Linux but one of my laptops is dual boot with windows. I know that Kaffeine has signal and quality meters but I'd like something more accurate like S/N ratio. Any recommendations?

You want something that also shows BER.

With that, you can rule the world!

 

[DVB-S2]

If you use EBSPro on Windows, there is an Android phone app that works with it that displays BER and S/N ratio, so you can leave the laptop indoors (provided your wifi reaches to your dish!). Works well on my 5980.

 

[Cham]

I have been able to get EBSPro to broadcast the video data via the LAN but there doesn't seem to be GUI access to view signal info (at least I haven't figured it out yet). This is using a windoze desktop and a remote (LAN) windows laptop using windoze media center on the latter.
Having trouble with the 5980 on the desktop though, and power supply issues.